Attendance at a hospital emergency department by drivers involved in automobile accidents in Italy
| Autor: | Claudia Pileggi, Italo F. Angelillo, Gaetano Nicotera |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Pileggi, C, Nicotera, G, Angelillo, Italo Francesco |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Adult
Male Automobile Driving medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Age Distribution Injury prevention Humans Medicine Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Accidents Traffic Attendance Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease humanities Health promotion Italy Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Wounds and Injuries Original Article Female Medical emergency Emergencies Emergency Service Hospital business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 22:246-250 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emj.2004.018390 |
| Popis: | Objective: This study investigated the profile of drivers involved in automobile accidents attending a hospital emergency department (ED) in Catanzaro (Italy). Methods: Car drivers involved in automobile accidents who were registered for emergency care between May 2003 and February 2004 were included in the study. Demographics and details of the accident were collected immediately after admittance, before examination by the medical staff. For each patient, the medical staff completed a form including diagnostic investigations and medical/surgical examination in the ED. Results: Of a total of 424 drivers included in the study 27.4% had conditions that were definitely non-urgent problems. Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that the use of the ED as a source of non-urgent care was significantly higher among patients who were driving at a lower speed when the accident occurred, among those who presented to the ED before the implementation of the new Italian traffic code, and among those who underwent fewer diagnostic investigations and medical/surgical examinations in the ED. Most of the automobile related lesions occurred in the neck (43.9%) followed by multiple body regions (12.5%) and the upper extremities (10.4%). According to the nature of the injury a third were contusions (34%), followed by pain without physical signs and symptoms (28.8%), and dislocation, sprains, and strains (22.9%). Conclusions: Development of health promotion and education campaigns is required to prevent the use of the ED as a source of non-urgent care by those involved in automobile accidents. |
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